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This is a super search engine for kids; I use the one for grown-ups all the
time, and find it to be very helpful for gathering information on all kinds
of interesting things.
http://www.yahooligans.com/
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| | Fact Monster:
This is a great site to use if you want to find out more about many different
areas, including world events, science, social studies, and more. I also
like their “Daily Features”, which include “Spelling Bee,” “Today in
History,” and more. Besides, the site’s name is kind of neat.
http://www.factmonster.com/index.html
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| | Encyclopedia.com:
Hey, any website with the motto “...because knowledge is cool…” is a-okay
with me! This site has a nifty research tool, and in addition to the
encyclopedia function, there are also an online dictionary and thesaurus
(perfect for adding to children’s vocabulary).
http://www.encyclopedia.com
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| | Overbrook School:
Be cool; surf your school! ;-)
http://overbrook.edu
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| | DiscoverySchool.com:
This is the Discovery Channel’s web home for kids, and it’s chock-full of all
sorts of super stuff, like homework help. You can also check out the general
Discovery Channel website, which hosts Animal Planet, at www.discovery.com;
there’s a link at the top left hand corner of the DiscoverySchool site.
http://school.discovery.com/
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| | Science News for Kids:
This site has loads of interesting articles on many different areas we’ll be
studying in science this year.
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org
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| | For Kids Only/Earth Science Enterprise
This is a website run by NASA, which is known more for space exploration;
however, this site can tell you how NASA studies the many facets of our
planet! There is also a wonderful list of other great science-related links.
http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/
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| | National Geographic for Kids:
A great organization, a great magazine, a great channel, and a great site.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
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| | Math.com:
If you need help with math, check here! (Gee, I wish they’d had this site
when I was a student.)
http://www.math.com/
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| | The Vatican:
I would be remiss if I did not include a link to our central spiritual home
in Rome
http://www.vatican.va/phome_en.htm
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| | The Unbound Bible:
Whenever I want to quickly search scripture for a particular word, passage,
or theme, I look here. It is an invaluable resource.
http://unbound.biola.edu/
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| | The Catholic Encyclopedia:
This site is “designed to present its readers with the full body of Catholic
teaching,” and it is indeed comprehensive.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/index.html
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| | The Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia Congregation:
If you would like to find out more about the wonderful Sisters who work at
Overbrook and on the campus at large, do journey over to this site.
http://www.nashvilledominican.org/Main.htm
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| | The Tolkien Society
Anyone who knows me is aware that “The Lord of the Rings” is my favorite
(secular) book! (Did you know that Tolkien was Catholic? It’s true.) This
is a site dedicated to encouraging and furthering “interest in the life and
works of the late Professor J.R.R. Tolkien C.B.E”; a noble pursuit!
http://www.tolkiensociey.org/index.html
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| | JK Rowling.com:
This is the official website for the author of my second favorite (secular)
books; the Harry Potter series, of course! (Yes, the whole series is tied
for second.) If you are very persistent, you’ll be able to locate and find
some super tidbits; you’ll have to work for them, though, because they are
not right before your eyes.
http://www.jkrowling.com
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| | The Harry Potter Lexicon:
If you want to find out more about the wonderful wizarding world of Harry
Potter, check out this site. It has EVERYTHING; in fact, J.K. Rowling
herself said of this site:
“This is such a great site that I have been known to sneak into an internet
café while out writing and check a fact rather than go into a bookshop and
buy a copy of Harry Potter (which is embarrassing). A website for the
dangerously obsessive; my natural home.”
http://www.hp-lexicon.org/
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